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Enrollment Limit:

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Days and Times:

W 5:45-7:45p

Proposed Dates (mini-courses only):

Enrollment Limit:

20 (10 Paper students, 10 WR students)

Final Course Requirement:

Paper/Writing Requirement

Assessment types:

Describe “Other”:

Learning Objectives:

Home Program

J.D.

Is Crosslisted:

No

Course Type

Seminar

Course Credits

2-3

Practicum Type

None

Course Description:

This seminar focuses on the substantive law of capital punishment and on the procedural aspects of post-conviction proceedings. The course will include an examination of the history of death penalty jurisprudence, habeas corpus, recent U.S. Supreme Court cases, public policy issues, and state and federal death penalty statutes. The writing requirement offers students an opportunity to write on a topic of their choice pertaining to the death penalty.

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Additional Course Notes:

This seminar requires a paper. Students must register for the 3 credit section of the seminar if they wish to write a paper fulfilling the Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement. The paper requirements of the 2 credit section will not fulfill the Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement.

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